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Very interested in why re-raising your ATs against in the BB vs a pretty solid UTG raiser is EV+, I would be calling this as we are in an easily dominated hand, without position agianst a fairly solid UTG raiser.....I call this and play cauitiously depending on how favorable the flop is - in this case how would you play a board like:
A rag rag - no spades?
K rag rag - one spade?
Curious to see how you proceed post flop.


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I think normally I would call preflop, but in this situation, I think I had an extra edge. I wouldn't call the UTG raiser solid, he was 35/15/1.65 after a huge sample, and although while he isn't bad, he definetly had some problems. The Button was a huge reason for the reraise though. He was 52/10/1.5 after 80, and way too fishy. Against a reasonable range of holdings here, I think I have over 40% equity! Furthermore, I need the initiative, or otherwise I will lose a lot of hands where I was actually ahead of UTG.

If an A comes, I bet until raised, and then call down. If a K comes with a spade, I will probably peel one, and then be done with it.